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...John Lewis said: “Our partnership model is what makes John Lewis and Waitrose special and will always be at the heart of our business.”...
...The retailer is two years into a turnround plan spearheaded by chair Dame Sharon White, although Kankiwala’s brief is to ensure that the “executive [team] as a whole delivers the overall commercial plan”...
...Tesco veteran Jason Tarry will replace Dame Sharon White as chair of John Lewis Partnership, taking over the British retail group as it undergoes a painful turnaround to boost profitability....
...Tesco veteran Jason Tarry will replace Dame Sharon White as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose....
...The owner of John Lewis and Waitrose has returned to profit after three years of annual losses, in an early sign that chair Dame Sharon White’s turnaround plan is working....
...It puts Tarry in the driving seat as the owner of department store John Lewis and upmarket grocer Waitrose enters the next chapter of a painful turnaround after almost five years under Dame Sharon White....
...Dame Sharon White told workers at John Lewis and Waitrose of a “difficult week” following her decision to step down as she acknowledged there was no ideal timing for her departure and that she intended to...
...Departing chair Dame Sharon White said the group would focus “unashamedly” on its retail offering by opening more Waitrose shops and refurbishing existing ones, as well as revitalising John Lewis’s products...
...Dame Sharon White will step down as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose in 2025 as part of an “orderly succession process”....
...John Lewis Partnership declined to comment....
...If Dame Sharon White had already made her mind up about stepping down as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose last month, it did not show....
...Dame Sharon White will step down as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose in 2025 as part of an “orderly succession process”, just weeks after the retailer warned it would take a further two years to complete...
...They are also both experiencing a degree of leadership upheaval, with Dame Sharon White stepping down as chair of John Lewis next year, or as soon as a replacement is found....
...Chair Dame Sharon White has been spearheading a revival plan, which has now been pushed back to 2027/28. However, there were some signs of recovery in the latest results....
...John Lewis chair Sharon White has won a confidence vote on her future leadership but lost a vote on last year’s performance....
...Just as Dame Sharon White is breaking up with the John Lewis Partnership, many of its once-loyal customers have already left the brand....
...Dame Sharon White With an impressive CV in the public and private sector, White is currently chair of the John Lewis Partnership....
...John Lewis chair Dame Sharon White has won a confidence vote on her future leadership but lost a second ballot cast by the retailer’s partnership council on last year’s performance....
...Completion of a five-year revival plan, spearheaded by chair Dame Sharon White, has now been pushed back to 2027/28 from 2025/26....
...Sharon White will step down as chair of John Lewis and Waitrose in 2025....
...Dame Sharon White said she would ensure that the UK retailer’s unusual structure, whereby the staff all own the business, would “not only survive, but thrive for another 75 years”....
...the same / From Malcolm Hurlston, Immediate Past Chairman, UK Shareholders Association, London W9, UK...
...Job moves John Lewis has named Jason Tarry as chair, succeeding Sharon White. He previously spent more than 30 years working for Tesco....
...But Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a respected former defence and foreign minister, is not alone in suggesting (in this article for The Times) that the risk of a Trump second term raises urgent questions: We and...
...John Lewis Partnership also owns the eponymous department store chain....
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